Senior Software Engineer - Fullstack

Cognite
Norway
On-site

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have 6+ years of fullstack development experience and a background in industrial digitalization.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 6+ years of fullstack experience and a track record of end-to-end feature ownership
    — “take ownership of complex features from ideation to deployment”
  • Individuals who have experience with AI integration and prompt engineering in industrial contexts
    — “build tools that extract key information from documents and connect data”
  • Professionals with a global perspective and adaptability to work in a culturally diverse environment
    — “Join an organization of 60 different nationalities with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus”

Things to consider

  • The role demands a high level of technical versatility across both front-end and back-end stacks
    — “using your fullstack development skills to build tools that extract key information from documents and connect data”
  • Candidates must be prepared to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders
    — “collaborate in a fast-paced environment involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with Python backend frameworks and AI integration in your resume and interviews
    — “hands-on experience with Python and any Python backend framework (FastAPI, Flask, Django)”
  • Emphasize your ability to design elegant APIs and user experiences in your application materials
    — “design and implement elegant APIs, user experiences, and the underlying infrastructure”
  • Showcase your testing expertise, especially with unit, integration, and E2E testing frameworks
    — “you care about unit testing, integration testing, and E2E testing”
  • Demonstrate your familiarity with cloud infrastructure and distributed systems during interviews
    — “experience with cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, Docker, and other related technologies”
  • Position yourself as someone who actively contributes to technical direction and mentoring
    — “help shape technical direction, raise the quality bar through code reviews and mentoring”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • build complex features from ideation to deployment
  • design and implement APIs and user experiences
  • set product and technical direction
  • work closely with product, design, and engineering teams
Typical background
6+ years of fullstack software engineering experiencebachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Skills & requirements

Required

Fullstack DevelopmentPythonReactKubernetesDockerCloud InfrastructureUnit TestingIntegration TestingE2E TestingPrompt EngineeringIntegrating With Large Language Models

Preferred

KotlinVueAngularAWSAzureGoogle Cloud PlatformElasticsearchPostgreSQLKafka

Stack & domain

PythonFastapiFlaskDjangoKotlinReactAngularVueJavaScriptTypeScriptGoogle Cloud PlatformAzureAWSKubernetesDockerPostgreSQLElasticsearchUnit TestingIntegration TestingE2E TestingPrompt EngineeringIntegrating With Large Language ModelsLangchainFabricLeadershipCommunicationProblem-solvingAttention To DetailAIData SolutionsDigital TransformationIndustrial Data

About the role

Original posting from Cognite via Greenhouse

What Cognite is: Relentless to achieve

Cognite operates at the forefront of industrial digitalization, building AI, and data solutions that solve the world’s hardest, highest-impact problems. With unmatched industrial heritage and a comprehensive suite of AI capabilities, including low-code AI agents, Cognite accelerates the digital transformation to drive operational improvements.

We thrive in challenges. We challenge assumptions. We execute with speed and ownership. If you view obstacles as signals to step forward - not backwards - you’ll feel right at home here. 

Our Moonshot is bold: Unlock $100B in customer value by 2035, and redefine how global industry works. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we will forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.

How you’ll demonstrate Ownership

As a Senior Fullstack Engineer at Cognite, you will be a key driver in building our products end to end, from intuitive user facing applications to the APIs and services that power them. You’ll take ownership of complex features from ideation to deployment, designing solutions that are engaging, secure, and scalable across the entire stack. Working closely with product, design, and fellow engineers, you’ll help shape technical direction, raise the quality bar through code reviews and mentoring, and ensure we’re shipping a seamless, reliable experience for our users.

The Impact you bring to Cognite

A typical day as a Cogniter will contain the following tasks & responsibilities

Work with a wide range of systems, processes, and technologies and own and solve problems end-to-end

Collaborate in a fast-paced environment involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts

Using your fullstack development skills to build tools that extract key information from documents and connect data, such that users can make the most of their industrial data

Design and implement elegant APIs, user experiences, and the underlying infrastructure that leverage smart algorithms and AI

Be actively involved in setting product and technical direction

Work closely with our skilled users to understand their needs and build products to help them succeed

Required Qualifications

You have 6+ years of fullstack software engineering experience

You have a bachelor's degree or more in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar, or equivalent experience

You can learn new coding languages and use the language that best fits the purpose. In particular, you have hands-on experience with Python and any Python backend framework (FastAPI, Flask, Django). Previous experience writing code in Kotlin is a plus.

You have front-end experience in frameworks like React, Angular, Vue, or something similar and a solid grasp of JavaScript and enjoy the benefits of TypeScript 

You have experience with some of the following:  Google Cloud Platform services, Azure, and/or AWS.  Experience with cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, Docker, and other related technologies.

You have experience with distributed open-source software such as Kubernetes, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, and similar

You care about unit testing, integration testing, and E2E testing

You write well-structured, efficient, and maintainable code and actively keep the quality of the codebase in check

You have a passion for emerging web technologies

You have experience with prompt engineering and integrating with large language models through e.g. langchain, fabric

A snapshot of our many perks and benefits as a Cogniter

  • Join an organization of 60 different nationalities 🌐 with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus 🤝
  • A highly modern and fun working environment with sublime culture across the organization, follow us on Instagram @cognitedata 📷 to know more
  • Flat structure with direct access to decision-makers
  • Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects found anywhere, across industries, with cutting edge technology
  • Join our HUB 🗣️ to be part of the conversation directly with Cogniters and our partners.
  • Get access to private health services with Cognite Care.
  • Hungry? We’ve got your back. A subsidized lunch at the canteen is delivered by the chefs at Fornebuporten (Aker Tech House)
  • Our own Cognite exclusive coffee bar ☕ with the friendliest baristas is here to brew coffee for coffee lovers, tea for tea lovers, smoothie for smoothie lovers, and the baristas creative concoctions when the mood strikes.
  • We take your mental- and physical health seriously by having a broad health offering and a free membership to our fully-staffed gym on-site.
  • A pet lover? Get the chance to meet Spot at the Robot Garden!

Learn more about us

Impact 2025

Cognite's Industrial AI: Moonshot

We’re globally recognized domain experts with an international presence that spans Phoenix, Houston, Oslo Tokyo, Bengaluru, and Abu Dhabi.

Equal Opportunity

Cognite is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment at work and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive the same level of consideration for employment.

Source: Cognite careers (Greenhouse)

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